Cystopteris

noun

Cys·​top·​ter·​is

siˈstäptərə̇s

: a genus of ferns (family Polypodiaceae) of the north temperate zone having a hooded or arched indusium partly under the roundish sori see bladder fern, fragile fern

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from cyst- + -pteris

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